The Detroit Free Press reports Sunday that a draft bill being prepared for Snyder would “remove district ownership of students.” Students would have broad flexibility in deciding which public school districts to attend, but school districts would be allowed to decide whether to participate in the enrollment program.

Online learning options would be expanded, and students could access it from across the state. The Free Press says the cost would be paid by the state and districts that provide online courses “would receive public funding based on performance.”

Other pieces of school funding also would be based more on performance. Per-pupil funding – which is attached to students and moves with them to the districts they attend – could be split up among multiple districts, if a student takes classes in multiple districts. But the Free Press says public money would not be allowed to follow students to private schools.

The plan will be submitted to Snyder by a group led by Lansing attorney Richard McLellan. It’s possible some elements could be included in Snyder’s next state budget plan, which likely will be proposed in February.

McLellan’s group – called the Oxford Foundation -- was tapped by Snyder earlier this year to come up with the plan. The bill is expected to be posted on the group’s website Monday. The public will have an opportunity to comment on the plan, which is likely to be revised and resubmitted to Snyder by the end of the year.

The new draft bill, coming in at about 300 pages, already is generating opposition among some school groups and educators who worry it could erode local control of school districts and hurt the quality of some local public schools.

Many of the same groups have been opposed to other measures already pending or moving through the Legislature, such as options that expand school choice or another plan that would allow expansion of the state’s Education Achievement Authority.